Florida Man Ordered to Pay $97 Million for Health Care Fraud
A federal court in Pennsylvania sentenced a Florida man to pay almost $97 million in compensation.
Daniel Hurt, 59, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was found guilty of conspiring to commit health care fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, according to a statement made on Tuesday by First Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti. Hurt was sentenced to prison as well as to lose more than $30 million of the proceeds from the sale of a boat and pay over $97 million in restitution.
Information given to the court states that Hurt participated in three distinct schemes of unlawful kickbacks and healthcare fraud.
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Hurt began with two healthcare programs designed to assist both former and present military personnel: TRICARE and CHAMPVA. More than $18 million was lost by TRICARE and more than $450,000 by CHAMPVA. Hurt was first charged in Florida, although Pennsylvania was chosen to handle his sentencing.
Later, Hurt participated in a fraud in which Medicare lost over $25 million as a result of the payment of illicit bribes connected to cancer genomic testing. Hurt’s third scheme cost Medicare an additional at least $53.3 million. Though his case was moved to Pennsylvania for sentence, he was first charged in New Jersey.
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Hurt was given his term by United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy.
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